Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2013 |
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Coombs Wood v Lichfield Nomads CC
Scores: Coombs Wood CC 255 for 3, Lichfield Nomads CC 157 for 7.
Nomads end the season on a losing note
A tantalising shoot-off in the gonad stakes was spoiled by the late withdrawal
of Bourney leaving the Nomads with 10 men, including the recovering Pinfield and
guests Bebb and Jackson. The opposition also fielded 10 but they proved a
stronger outfit.
The opposition chose to bat due to the late arrival of some of their players.
Opener Heslington was soon in the groove and bowling a tight line and length.
Fearon’s radar was less honed and this was compounded by 2 chances going down.
With a fast outfield and only 8 fielders Coombs Wood were enjoying a good return
for their shots. Heslington bowled right through for a miserly 2 for 17, from
his allotted 8 overs and the hosts were 75 for 2 at drinks. Hoddy marshalled his
resources well but the lack of a recognised 5th bowler became costly.
Pickering and Bebb bowled manfully but conceded 80 runs between them and the
game was emphatically being taken away from the Nomads. Hughes and Fearon
returned but were unable to stem the tide. The limping Chappell managed to smash
76 before he was stumped by Gardner off Hoddy. Goodway ended undefeated with a
fine 86 and Coombs Wood set a challenging target of 256.
Openers Gardner and Jones played sensibly and stubbornly against an accurate
attack. Jones was outscoring his partner until he was caught behind off Ahmed.
Jackson soon followed and the old team of Gardner and Pinfield added 22 before
Gardner was caught. Fearon was looking good striking three fours including a
late cut and a straight drive but was undone trying to repeat the shot to a long
hop, falling to a good catch at straight mid on. Bebb looked comfortable and
added 29 with Pinfield before being bowled by Jones. The wickets were running
out and the run rate was now out of reach but Pinfield continued his stiff
resistance and was unfortunate not to get a deserved half century. He was
finally trapped plumb lbw for 41. Hughes got off the mark to ahuge cheer to
avoid the annual gonad trophy but proceeded to get out almost immediately after.
With victory out of the question, Heslington calmly saw out the final overs with
Pickering and garnered an undefeated 25. An understrength Nomads were well
outplayed on the day.
Disclaimer: any offence caused by this
article is unintentional, any praise is well deserved.] |
Coombs Wood CC |
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Lichfield Nomads CC |
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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G. Lawson |
bowled |
Heslington |
25 |
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P. Gardner+ |
Ct. |
Shakespeare |
17 |
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S. Baker |
bowled |
Heslington |
21 |
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C. Jones |
Ct. keeper |
Ahmed |
16 |
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D. Goodway |
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Not out |
86 |
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P. Jackson |
Ct. |
Shakespeare |
2 |
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M. Chappell |
St. Gardner |
Hoddy |
76 |
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M. Pinfield |
lbw |
Jones |
41 |
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K. Baker |
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Not out |
24 |
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P. Fearon |
Ct. |
M Baker |
13 |
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S. Mahmoud |
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D. Bebb |
bowled |
Jones |
10 |
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M. Baker |
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M. Heslington |
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Not Out |
25 |
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T. Ahmed |
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I. Hughes |
Ct. |
Jones |
1 |
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G. Shakespeare |
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D. Pickering |
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Not Out |
0 |
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H. Jones |
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J. Hoddy* |
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Extras b; lb; w; nb.
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23 |
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Extras b18;lb3;w6;nb5 |
32 |
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Total for 3 |
255 |
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Total for 7 |
157 |
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Fall of wickets: 46, 58, 208 |
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Fall of wickets: 32, 39, 61, 90, 109, 130, 139, |
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Heslington 8-2-17-2 |
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Mahmoud 8-1-21-0 |
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